An 11-year-old boy suddenly passed away from a flesh-eating infection after twisting his ankle while working out. According to Fox 35, his cousin Megan Brown said Jesse Brown of Winter Park, Florida, had been running on the treadmill a few weeks ago when he suddenly injured his ankle.
While it appeared the kid only suffered from a sprained ankle, that was not the case. A few days after the accident, his mother woke up to a horrifying sight.
She discovered that “his whole leg was covered in like splotchy, purply, red, almost like bruises.” From there, chaos ensued for the Brown family.
Jesse was immediately admitted to the ICU, where doctors shockingly diagnosed him with Group A Strep infection caused by the Group A Streptococcus bacteria.
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